{"id":164612,"date":"2025-05-27T23:48:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T22:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/teenagers-looting-robbing-our-shops-in-name-of-rival-gangs"},"modified":"2025-05-28T00:54:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T23:54:22","slug":"teenagers-looting-robbing-our-shops-in-name-of-rival-gangs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/teenagers-looting-robbing-our-shops-in-name-of-rival-gangs","title":{"rendered":"Teenagers looting, robbing our shops in name of rival gangs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Residents of Sheka and Maidile in Kumbotso Local Government on Monday night slept with fear of losing their lives as rival gang members from both areas engaged in a heated machete fights.<\/p>\n<p>A video on social media showed how the youths used security-like flash lights as they shout; \u201cStop! If you dare\u201d to their rival group.<\/p>\n<p>The video seen by DAILY POST also showed the boys rushing towards one another, as residents deserted the area. Loud bang was also heard, while the narrator in the video explained that they are breaking the glasses of a car and a shop close by.<\/p>\n<p>A resident who spoke to DAILY POST said: \u201cThis is not thuggery, this is a means for them to rob people. These youths plan everything, how to go about the fight and make it look like a rival gang fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have robbed and looted shops, stolen phones and more.\u201d The resident noted, stating that the boys engage in the act were teenagers, within the ages of 14 to 22.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are very young, they are mostly 14, years old, the oldest or ring leader is usually around 22.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Relaying the horror of Monday night, he vehemently disagreed that the incident was caused by a rival gang fights, stating, \u201cBoth groups plan this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called on residents, parents and governments to stop playing into the cards of rivalry between gangs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know these boys, we see them going about before each attack, we have been seeing them as they go back and forth, planning this attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolicemen are not enough, we need to help the police, we already have a vigilante group, but it is not powerful enough, they now stop women, youths and others to snatch their phones and loot their shops. This is unacceptable,\u201d he conclude.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Residents of Sheka and Maidile in Kumbotso Local Government on Monday night slept with fear of losing their lives as rival gang members from both areas engaged in a heated machete fights. A video on social media showed how the youths used security-like flash lights as they shout; \u201cStop! 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